# NTSB investigations: Vortex turbulence encountered NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports. Page 3 of 3 · 114 cases ## Cases, newest first - [NTSB FTW84LA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA234.md): Canadair CL-600 · Clarksville, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 16, 1984 · N215RL · Minor damage > Cruising at FL350, N215RL encountered wake turbulance from a descending 'heavy' Boeing 767. The resultant upset caused an uncontrolled loss of 11,000 ft in 10 to 15 seconds before the crew was able to recover. The acft was not damaged but an unrestrained pax… - [NTSB SEA84LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA083.md): Hughes 369D · Kent, WA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 14, 1984 · N1092L · Substantial damage > The plt requested clearance to transit the seattle tca for a landing at Boeing field. He was advised of a DC-10 departing the seattle-tacoma intl arpt & was cautioned about possible wake turbulence. The DC-10 passed the helicopter with about 1 1/2 mi lateral… - [NTSB MIA84FU003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84FU003.md): Pterodactyl Ascender II · Palm Bay, FL · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Apr 1, 1984 · UNREG · Destroyed > The plts of 2 ultralight vehicles were accompanying each other & were flying west at 500 ft AGL in calm air when an acft crossed ahead of their flt path. The acft was estimate to be flying at about 140 KTS & aprx 40 ft above the ultralights' alt. The… - [NTSB DEN84LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA111.md): Piper PA-12-115 · Riverton, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 19, 1984 · N4378M · Substantial damage > The plt stated that a convair 580 had landed before him. The plt flew a normal glide slope & planned to land on the approach end of the rwy. On short final at 50 ft AGL, the acft suddenly banked 'over 90 degrees' to the left out of control. The acft then hit… - [NTSB LAX84IA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84IA153.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-30 · Los Angeles, CA · Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jan 10, 1984 · XAAMF · No damage > An aeromexico DC-9 encountered wake turbulence from a twa L-1011 on the approach to rwy 24L. The aeromexico acft was 6 miles (1 min & 10 sec) behind the twa acft & 800 ft below its glideslope at 6100 ft when the incident occurred. - [NTSB LAX83LA334](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA334.md): Cessna A188B · Calipatria, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 19, 1983 · N4463Q · Substantial damage > The acft made a hard landing in a cotton field during a crop dusting operation after buffeting was felt in a turn. The pilot thought he was stalling in vortex turbulence from another acft in front of him. A toxic load of suprecide was dumped before the pilot… - [NTSB MKC83LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA155.md): Cessna A188B · Edgar, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 13, 1983 · N9114G · Destroyed > The plt reported that he was completing a turnaround when the acft encountered turbulence from another plane that was spraying the same field. The acft began to settle. When he pulled up to avoid a power line, the acft stalled & crashed. - [NTSB NYC83LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA065.md): Cessna 150K · Wilmington, DE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 19, 1983 · N5898G · Substantial damage > A C-130 aircrew was cleared to taxi to the run-up area at the north end of the arpt for a run-up. At that time, the wind was reported from 360 deg at 8 KTS. The C-130 crew stopped on the run-up pad facing the wind & began a run-up. In the meantime, a Cessna… - [NTSB LAX83FA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA098.md): Beech H35 · Tucson, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 7, 1983 · N4687D · Substantial damage > During arrival, the plt was advised of the position of a Boeing 727 that was landing on rwy 29R & he reported seeing theacft. He also was cautioned about possible wake turbulence from the Boeing & he acknowledged. The plt reported that while he was on an… - [NTSB ANC83LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83LA004.md): Piper PA-23-250 · Anchorage, AK · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 9, 1982 · N6843A · No damage > Shortly after departure the flt received radar vectors placing it near a VFR reporting point located 4 mi past the departure end of rwy 32 & 2 mi east of the rwy centerline. Traffic advisories were issued by approach control indicating a beoing 747 climbing… - [NTSB LAX82DA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA306.md): Hiller UH-12E · Chandler, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 20, 1982 · N4026S · Substantial damage > The pilot was spraying liquid chemicals at night. The pilot flew into his own wake turbulence and lost control and collided with the ground. Control was regained to make an upright landing in the field. Skids were torn off the aircraft. - [NTSB CHI82DA279](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA279.md): Bell 47G-2 · Plainview, MN · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jul 28, 1982 · N19JM · Substantial damage > While making cleanup swaths over an odd shaped portion of a corn field, the pilot made two turns of about 220 degrees each in close proximity to each other. The second turn was made downwind from two previous swaths that had just been completed. During a… - [NTSB SEA82DA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA128.md): Aeronca 7AC · Kent, WA · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Jul 24, 1982 · N82651 · Destroyed > During practice steep turns the aircraft encountered its wake turbulence. Manuevers to regain control were not effective. The aircraft contacted trees in a nose low attitude. - [NTSB SEA82DA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA045.md): Rockwell Intl. S-2R · Eureka, WA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Apr 5, 1982 · N8471V · Substantial damage > After spraying most of his load, the pilot made a dry pass and dropped a smoke flare. The flare was dropped to check the drift of the air relative to a susceptible crop east of the field being sprayed. After dropping the flare, the pilot made a 180 degree… ## The whole list in SQL Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS: ```sql SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1 WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT o.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 410) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=410&page=3 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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